JISC Legal - Privacy Statement
JISC Legal recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of anyone who uses the JISC Legal services including visiting this website. This Privacy Statement sets out the policy adopted by JISC Legal towards the collection and use of information obtained from those using the JISC Legal services. Although the JISC Legal website may be hosted by a third party, all information will be collected and used by JISC Legal as set out in this Privacy Statement. By visiting or using this website and/or other JISC Legal services, you consent to the collection and use by JISC Legal of information about you in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Statement.
General Undertaking
JISC Legal will:
- respect your privacy and confidentiality;
- only record your personal details in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Statement;
- keep your personal details secure from unauthorised access, use or disclosure; and
- not sell, rent, trade or otherwise knowingly share or provide your personal information to any third party except insofar as legally obliged to do so.
- only use your information in accordance with the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Information Collected
1. Indirect collection
CookiesWhat are Cookies? Cookies are small electronic files which a website can transfer to a user's hard drive to identify a user and personalise their use of that website. The JISC Legal web server automatically collects standard information such as a user's IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, etc.. JISC Legal does not use cookies to customise web page content. Google Analytics CookiesJISC Legal uses Google Analytics software which places cookies on a user's device to provide us with aggregated usage data of the JISC Legal website. Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track visitor interactions. These cookies are used to store information, such as what time the current visit occurred, whether the visitor has been to the site before, and what site referred the visitor to the web page. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. Browsers do not share first-party cookies across domains. Analytical cookies allow us to count the number of visitors to our website, and to see how users move around the site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the quality of the delivery of our web materials. No personal information is collected or retained by means of the cookies used to generate this statistical information.
Cookies Set By Google Analytics Analytical cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website, and to see how visitors move around the site when they are using it. This helps us to improve your website experience and the services we provide. No personal information is collected about you or about your computer. Information on the cookies used by the default configuration and use of Google Analytics is available here - https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies#cookiesSet. Any information collected indirectly will be used by JISC Legal only to: - monitor the volume, type and pattern of traffic using this website
- develop the design and layout of the website and
- for other administrative and planning purposes.
How to Control How Others use Cookies on your ComputerThe cookies for Google Analytics are created automatically unless the user’s browser is set to refuse them. Users can set their browsers to accept or reject all, or certain, cookies. All recent versions of popular browsers give users a level of control over cookies. Further detail on how to control how webservers use cookies on your computer (including Google Analytics cookies) is available on the AboutCookies.org website, which contains a guide to deleting and controlling cookies. The information there is provided by OUT-LAW, part of international law firm Pinsent Masons. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (BETA) As a user you can prevent Google Analytics collecting traffic log data. To provide website visitors with more choice on how their data is collected Google Analytics has developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to indicate that information about the website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics.
If you want to opt out, download and install the add-on for your current web browser. To do so please visit the following site which provides a browser add-on that enables a user to opt out - http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is available for Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera. |
2. Direct collection:
JISC Legal collects personal information, such as a user's name and email address, which is provided voluntarily by a user (usually by means of an online form) when requesting any of the services provided by JISC Legal. JISC Legal retains such information in a user database.
All enquiries to JISC Legal, whether by email, telephone, facsimile or otherwise may be recorded for the purposes of quality control. JISC Legal will use such information as provided by you to answer enquiries and otherwise communicate with you. All communications from you and subsequent correspondence from JISC Legal will be recorded and securely retained by JISC Legal. JISC Legal shall not retain the contents of any communications from you and subsequent correspondence for longer than is necessary having regard to the content and nature of such communications and correspondence. Contact details including your email address may be retained for the purposes of generally improving the services offered by JISC Legal. This includes evaluation of the services provided by JISC Legal.
Any information collected directly from users or visitors may be used by JISC Legal for generally improving this website and the services offered by JISC Legal.
Where you have provided your email address, JISC Legal may occasionally send you, via email, information which JISC Legal considers would be of use or interest to you. Such information may include details of changes or updates to the services provided by JISC Legal via this website or otherwise. In any such email JISC Legal will provide instructions on how to discontinue this service if you would prefer not to receive any future information from JISC Legal.
Links
This website contains hypertext links. JISC Legal is not responsible for the privacy policies operated by the owners of those sites and does not accept responsibility for any information obtained by third parties as a result of use by you of such hypertext links.
Privacy Statement Updates
JISC Legal reserves the right periodically to update or modify this privacy policy. Any changes to this Privacy Statement will be posted on this website so that users are always aware of the information collected, the reasons for such collection and the purposes, if any, to which JISC Legal may put such information. JISC Legal encourages users who may have specific concerns about the gathering or use of any such information to view this Privacy Statement regularly.
Access to Information
JISC Legal will provide you with a copy of all information JISC Legal maintains about you upon written request to:
JISC Legal
Information Services
University of Strathclyde
Alexander Turnbull Building
155 George Street
Glasgow G1 1RD
Scotland
Or by email to [email protected]
Any user may require that this information be removed from the JISC Legal database by writing to the above postal addresses. JISC Legal will correct any inaccuracies in such information as soon as practicable after being notified of them in writing.
Additional Comments
If you have any comments or queries regarding the JISC Legal Policy Statement please contact us at [email protected]
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